This little show started with a pretty simple question: where the bloody hell did the last 20 years go?
One minute you’re busy working, raising kids and dealing with life, the next you wake up and realise — F*CK! I'm 50! Our kids hardly need us anymore, yet our parents need us more than ever before.
My name's Paul Burfitt. My mates call me Burf. I’m not a guru, not a life coach and certainly not an expert. I’m just a bloke from Queensland who’s decided I’m not going to keep putting everything off.
So I’m talking to people from around Australia and other places about all the stuff that smacks us in the face when the calendar turns over — family, money, health, work, relationships, ambitions, regrets, f-ups, starting again and figuring out what makes you happy - and what pisses you off.
Some conversations will be with everyday people who have great stories. Others will be with people you already know from sport, media, business or somewhere completely unexpected. And every now and then I’ll bring in someone who genuinely knows a thing or two on the subject they’re talking about.
I’ve got a podcast and a little YouTube channel set up. You’re invited to come along for the ride as I start ticking off a few things I’ve spent too many years saying I’d do “one day”.
I'm sure some people will think it's a brilliant idea. Plenty more probably won’t. But either way here we go, and remember this is a hate free zone so play nice… and feel free to laugh at some spills, thrills and the occasional disaster as I try to make up for a bit of lost time.
This show started life with name a bit more in your face - that's kind of the point - but to keep the party poopers at bay I relented and now I give you - The I'M 50! Show.
Most of all remember, accepting that I’M 50 isn’t about having all the answers. It’s about finally asking the questions — and doing something about them with a giggle along the way.
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]]>This little show started with a pretty simple question: where the bloody hell did the last 20 years go?
One minute you’re busy working, raising kids and dealing with life, the next you wake up and realise — F*CK! I'm 50! Our kids hardly need us anymore, yet our parents need us more than ever before.
My name's Paul Burfitt. My mates call me Burf. I’m not a guru, not a life coach and certainly not an expert. I’m just a bloke from Queensland who’s decided I’m not going to keep putting everything off.
So I’m talking to people from around Australia and other places about all the stuff that smacks us in the face when the calendar turns over — family, money, health, work, relationships, ambitions, regrets, f-ups, starting again and figuring out what makes you happy - and what pisses you off.
Some conversations will be with everyday people who have great stories. Others will be with people you already know from sport, media, business or somewhere completely unexpected. And every now and then I’ll bring in someone who genuinely knows a thing or two on the subject they’re talking about.
I’ve got a podcast and a little YouTube channel set up. You’re invited to come along for the ride as I start ticking off a few things I’ve spent too many years saying I’d do “one day”.
I'm sure some people will think it's a brilliant idea. Plenty more probably won’t. But either way here we go, and remember this is a hate free zone so play nice… and feel free to laugh at some spills, thrills and the occasional disaster as I try to make up for a bit of lost time.
This show started life with name a bit more in your face - that's kind of the point - but to keep the party poopers at bay I relented and now I give you - The I'M 50! Show.
Most of all remember, accepting that I’M 50 isn’t about having all the answers. It’s about finally asking the questions — and doing something about them with a giggle along the way.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
]]>In this episode of F*CK! I’M 50, Paul Burfitt sits down with his longtime mate on the waterfront in the Whitsundays, Queensland, for a candid conversation about starting over after divorce, fatherhood, friendship, career change and finding a better balance between work and life.
A mechanical engineer who has spent much of his career in mining, Sebastian talks openly about the end of his marriage, becoming a single parent, the importance of having people to talk to and why honest advice from good friends helped him through a difficult period.
They also talk about Sebastian’s decision to leave a demanding job filled with long hours and work travel for an even-time remote mining roster — giving him more genuine time with his children and more space for the things he enjoys.
Cars are a big part of that life. Sebastian discusses restoring and building classic Fords, his involvement with the local Whitsundays car community and the annual car show at Coral Sea Marina in Airlie Beach, as well as why working on cars has become both a passion and a useful escape from everyday stress.
The conversation moves through investing and financial regrets, parenting teenagers, being more present with family, redefining success in midlife, qigong meditation, salsa dancing and the value of deliberately doing things outside your comfort zone.
Most importantly, Sebastian comes back to one simple lesson from his own experience: if you’re struggling, talk to someone — and if you see someone else struggling, take the time to listen.
A genuine conversation about divorce, midlife change, fatherhood, work-life balance, friendship and discovering that starting again doesn’t mean starting from nothing.
This is FI50 — F*CK! I’M 50.
Mental health support
If this episode raises anything for you, support is available 24/7 in Australia:
Lifeline: 13 11 14
Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636
MensLine Australia: 1300 78 99 78
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 000.
To find out more about the show or contact Paul, visit - im50show.com
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]]>In this episode of F*CK! I’M 50, Paul Burfitt sits down with his longtime mate on the waterfront in the Whitsundays, Queensland, for a candid conversation about starting over after divorce, fatherhood, friendship, career change and finding a better balance between work and life.
A mechanical engineer who has spent much of his career in mining, Sebastian talks openly about the end of his marriage, becoming a single parent, the importance of having people to talk to and why honest advice from good friends helped him through a difficult period.
They also talk about Sebastian’s decision to leave a demanding job filled with long hours and work travel for an even-time remote mining roster — giving him more genuine time with his children and more space for the things he enjoys.
Cars are a big part of that life. Sebastian discusses restoring and building classic Fords, his involvement with the local Whitsundays car community and the annual car show at Coral Sea Marina in Airlie Beach, as well as why working on cars has become both a passion and a useful escape from everyday stress.
The conversation moves through investing and financial regrets, parenting teenagers, being more present with family, redefining success in midlife, qigong meditation, salsa dancing and the value of deliberately doing things outside your comfort zone.
Most importantly, Sebastian comes back to one simple lesson from his own experience: if you’re struggling, talk to someone — and if you see someone else struggling, take the time to listen.
A genuine conversation about divorce, midlife change, fatherhood, work-life balance, friendship and discovering that starting again doesn’t mean starting from nothing.
This is FI50 — F*CK! I’M 50.
Mental health support
If this episode raises anything for you, support is available 24/7 in Australia:
Lifeline: 13 11 14
Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636
MensLine Australia: 1300 78 99 78
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 000.
To find out more about the show or contact Paul, visit - im50show.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
]]>In this episode, Luke and I talk about burnout, therapy, asking for help, male friendships and why money is no longer the only measure of a good life. We also get into exercise, sleep, AI, chasing shiny business ideas and knowing when you simply don’t have the bandwidth for something else.
At the centre of the conversation is a powerful idea: creating a life you don’t want to escape from.
This is an honest chat about men’s mental health, finding purpose after 50 and making more room for the people and experiences that genuinely matter.
This is F*CK! I’M 50.
Mental health support
If this episode raises anything for you, support is available 24/7 in Australia:
Lifeline: 13 11 14
Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636
MensLine Australia: 1300 78 99 78
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 000.
To find out more about the show or contact Paul, visit - im50show.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
]]>In this episode, Luke and I talk about burnout, therapy, asking for help, male friendships and why money is no longer the only measure of a good life. We also get into exercise, sleep, AI, chasing shiny business ideas and knowing when you simply don’t have the bandwidth for something else.
At the centre of the conversation is a powerful idea: creating a life you don’t want to escape from.
This is an honest chat about men’s mental health, finding purpose after 50 and making more room for the people and experiences that genuinely matter.
This is F*CK! I’M 50.
Mental health support
If this episode raises anything for you, support is available 24/7 in Australia:
Lifeline: 13 11 14
Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636
MensLine Australia: 1300 78 99 78
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 000.
To find out more about the show or contact Paul, visit - im50show.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
]]>Nancy grew up working in her family’s furniture business and studied accounting because it was the secure path her parents wanted for her. Quietly, though, she kept pursuing the thing she truly loved: singing.
We talk about building a career as a singing teacher, raising a family and spending years helping care for ageing relatives. By the time Nancy reached 50, she had a beautiful family and a successful teaching career—but still felt that something was missing.
She had spent so long caring for everyone else that she felt she had lost part of herself.
Nancy shares how she finally drew a line, made room for her own ambitions and began turning decades of ideas into something lasting. That creative drive led to her children’s book series, Hullabaloo – The Funky Singing Monkey, along with her work as an author, illustrator and recording artist.
This is a conversation about following your own path, finding yourself again and refusing to reach the later years of life wondering what might have happened if you’d had a crack.
Find out more about Nancy and her work at:
https://worldofnancydagostino.com/
This is F*CK! I’M 50.
Mental health support
If this episode raises anything for you, support is available 24/7 in Australia:
Lifeline: 13 11 14
Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636
MensLine Australia: 1300 78 99 78
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 000.
To find out more about the show or contact Paul, visit - im50show.com
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]]>Nancy grew up working in her family’s furniture business and studied accounting because it was the secure path her parents wanted for her. Quietly, though, she kept pursuing the thing she truly loved: singing.
We talk about building a career as a singing teacher, raising a family and spending years helping care for ageing relatives. By the time Nancy reached 50, she had a beautiful family and a successful teaching career—but still felt that something was missing.
She had spent so long caring for everyone else that she felt she had lost part of herself.
Nancy shares how she finally drew a line, made room for her own ambitions and began turning decades of ideas into something lasting. That creative drive led to her children’s book series, Hullabaloo – The Funky Singing Monkey, along with her work as an author, illustrator and recording artist.
This is a conversation about following your own path, finding yourself again and refusing to reach the later years of life wondering what might have happened if you’d had a crack.
Find out more about Nancy and her work at:
https://worldofnancydagostino.com/
This is F*CK! I’M 50.
Mental health support
If this episode raises anything for you, support is available 24/7 in Australia:
Lifeline: 13 11 14
Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636
MensLine Australia: 1300 78 99 78
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 000.
To find out more about the show or contact Paul, visit - im50show.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
]]>I caught up with Ange at a café in Melbourne for a chat about family, business, following your passions and what happens as the generations around you start to change.
With a background in sales and marketing, Ange talks about turning something he loves into a business, the influence family has had on his life, and learning that sometimes giving people the space to go their own way can actually bring everyone closer when it matters.
We talk about being a son, becoming a dad and then a grandfather, the changing dynamics between generations, and some of the lessons that only really make sense once you’ve lived through them yourself.
Ange is a funny bloke with a great story spanning two countries, plenty of family history and a few different chapters along the way. Grab a coffee and enjoy the chat.
This is F*CK! I’M 50.
Mental health support
If this episode raises anything for you, support is available 24/7 in Australia:
Lifeline: 13 11 14
Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636
MensLine Australia: 1300 78 99 78
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 000.
To find out more about the show or contact Paul, visit - im50show.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
]]>I caught up with Ange at a café in Melbourne for a chat about family, business, following your passions and what happens as the generations around you start to change.
With a background in sales and marketing, Ange talks about turning something he loves into a business, the influence family has had on his life, and learning that sometimes giving people the space to go their own way can actually bring everyone closer when it matters.
We talk about being a son, becoming a dad and then a grandfather, the changing dynamics between generations, and some of the lessons that only really make sense once you’ve lived through them yourself.
Ange is a funny bloke with a great story spanning two countries, plenty of family history and a few different chapters along the way. Grab a coffee and enjoy the chat.
This is F*CK! I’M 50.
Mental health support
If this episode raises anything for you, support is available 24/7 in Australia:
Lifeline: 13 11 14
Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636
MensLine Australia: 1300 78 99 78
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 000.
To find out more about the show or contact Paul, visit - im50show.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
]]>He’s still here, but in many ways we’re already losing him. That’s hard to say—and even harder to watch.
Dad is a gentle, quiet and unassuming bloke who taught me a hell of a lot. We travelled around Australia together through my years working in motor racing and video production, with Dad often acting as my right-hand man.
Now he lives in a nursing home in Melbourne. When I visit, there’s sometimes a glint in his eye that makes me think he knows I belong—but the truth is, I don’t know whether he recognises me anymore.
In this short and very personal episode, I talk about what dementia has done to Dad and the effect it has had on Mum, my brother, our kids and the rest of the family.
But this isn’t about feeling sorry for ourselves.
Mum and Dad spent years travelling around Australia and doing the things they wanted to do while they still could. Watching Dad fade has reinforced one of the biggest lessons he ever taught me: don’t wait for tomorrow.
Spend time with your parents. Do the things you keep talking about. If the sun comes up and you’ve still got a heartbeat, it’s a pretty bloody good day—so get on with it.
I love you, Dad.
This is F*CK! I’M 50.
Mental health support
If this episode raises anything for you, support is available 24/7 in Australia:
Lifeline: 13 11 14
Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636
MensLine Australia: 1300 78 99 78
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 000.
To find out more about the show or contact Paul, visit - im50show.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
]]>He’s still here, but in many ways we’re already losing him. That’s hard to say—and even harder to watch.
Dad is a gentle, quiet and unassuming bloke who taught me a hell of a lot. We travelled around Australia together through my years working in motor racing and video production, with Dad often acting as my right-hand man.
Now he lives in a nursing home in Melbourne. When I visit, there’s sometimes a glint in his eye that makes me think he knows I belong—but the truth is, I don’t know whether he recognises me anymore.
In this short and very personal episode, I talk about what dementia has done to Dad and the effect it has had on Mum, my brother, our kids and the rest of the family.
But this isn’t about feeling sorry for ourselves.
Mum and Dad spent years travelling around Australia and doing the things they wanted to do while they still could. Watching Dad fade has reinforced one of the biggest lessons he ever taught me: don’t wait for tomorrow.
Spend time with your parents. Do the things you keep talking about. If the sun comes up and you’ve still got a heartbeat, it’s a pretty bloody good day—so get on with it.
I love you, Dad.
This is F*CK! I’M 50.
Mental health support
If this episode raises anything for you, support is available 24/7 in Australia:
Lifeline: 13 11 14
Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636
MensLine Australia: 1300 78 99 78
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 000.
To find out more about the show or contact Paul, visit - im50show.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
]]>One minute you’re working, raising kids and dealing with the everyday stuff. The next, you wake up and realise—fuck, I’m 50.
I’m Paul Burfitt. I’ve got a wonderful family, a beautiful wife and plenty to be grateful for. From the outside, things probably look pretty good. But life hasn’t been without a few hurdles—and this is a strange stage to find yourself in.
The kids hardly need us anymore. Our parents need us more than ever. And plenty of us are quietly wondering what the fuck is going on and what comes next.
So, in my own inimitable fashion, I decided to start a show.
This short first episode explains where F*CK! I’M 50 came from and invites you along for the ride as I share stories, talk to interesting people and see where this little experiment leads.
Subscribe and join the other three people already listening.
This is F*CK! I’M 50.
Mental health support
If this episode raises anything for you, support is available 24/7 in Australia:
Lifeline: 13 11 14
Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636
MensLine Australia: 1300 78 99 78
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 000.
To find out more about the show or contact Paul, visit - im50show.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
]]>One minute you’re working, raising kids and dealing with the everyday stuff. The next, you wake up and realise—fuck, I’m 50.
I’m Paul Burfitt. I’ve got a wonderful family, a beautiful wife and plenty to be grateful for. From the outside, things probably look pretty good. But life hasn’t been without a few hurdles—and this is a strange stage to find yourself in.
The kids hardly need us anymore. Our parents need us more than ever. And plenty of us are quietly wondering what the fuck is going on and what comes next.
So, in my own inimitable fashion, I decided to start a show.
This short first episode explains where F*CK! I’M 50 came from and invites you along for the ride as I share stories, talk to interesting people and see where this little experiment leads.
Subscribe and join the other three people already listening.
This is F*CK! I’M 50.
Mental health support
If this episode raises anything for you, support is available 24/7 in Australia:
Lifeline: 13 11 14
Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636
MensLine Australia: 1300 78 99 78
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 000.
To find out more about the show or contact Paul, visit - im50show.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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